Citizen Helps Catch a Speeder

On
Sunday, February 27 shortly after 8 p.m., an officer allegedly
witnessed a red car traveling at a high rate of speed in the area
of Healy Drive and Belfast Lane and attempted to stop the vehicle,
a 1996 red Acura Integra. The driver allegedly did not stop and
fled down Hanover Street onto Old Keene Mill Road. The officer lost
sight of the vehicle but he and other officers continued to search
for it. A citizen informed officers they saw the vehicle turn onto
Ava Street. They located the vehicle and driver nearby.

The
driver was a 17-year-old Springfield boy. He was transported to the
Fairfax County Juvenile Detention Center and charged with speed to
elude, reckless driving, possession of tobacco by a minor, and six
counts of failing to stop at a stop sign. The car was impounded by
the officers.

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